JustBe(Loved) is a poetry slam & open mic occurring every 1st & third Friday. The series is curated by Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah and Crystal Valentine. The evening will not only be the inaugural selection of the Just Be(Loved) Poetry Slam Team but will also feature the poet George Abraham.

George Abraham (they/he/هو)

George Abraham (they/هو) is a Palestinian American poet, essayist, critic, performance artist. They are the author of When the Arab Apocalypse Comes to America (Haymarket, 2026) and Birthright (Button Poetry, 2020), which won the Arab American Book Award and was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. They are the Editor-at-Large of Mizna, and co-editor of HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US: Palestinian Poetry (Haymarket, 2025) which was long-listed for the Palestine Book Award. They are a graduate of Northwestern’s Litowitz MFA+MA program, and teach at Amherst College as a Writer-in-Residence.